I think ultimately this is where we’re gonna have to agree to disagree because to me, someone who works with trans people all the time, this is a gross mischaracterization of what it means to be trans. Manliness or womanliness has nothing to do with it, I know trans women who are super butch and do metalwork and know trans men who are femboys. The “wrongness” trans people feel their whole lives and the distress it causes (dysphoria) runs through to the very core. The most commonly reported age where trans people “know” is 5-6 well before they have any idea about what being a boy or girl even means.

Differentiating between “boy who is gnc” and “trans girl” is why every part of this process has multiple safeguards. And the reason why this matters and why the trans community doesn’t just say “whatever just make them wait until 18” is because going on HRT in early adolescence means they will grow up virtually indistinguishable from a cis person and get to live a much happier and safer life. What $10 pills can do at 14 costs $50-$75k or is just impossible later.